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New Hampshire Philanthropist, Civic and Patriotic Leader, Community Benefactor: Mary Ward (Lyon) Cheney Schofield of Peterborough
It is entirely fitting that my first biographical post of 2020 is about a woman. Not just any woman, but a remarkable one. She was born into an privileged family and life. She could have spent her life focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
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New Hampshire Missing Places: The Goyette Museum of Americana at Peterborough
Sometime shortly before 1946 the Goyette Museum of Americana was opened in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. A newspaper notice in that year noted its “reopening. In June the Boston Herald wrote: “He has collected Americana 25 years–Maj. A. Erland … Continue reading
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Tagged A. Erland, Alfred, Americana, antiques, auto, automobiles, Boy Scouts, community, cotton, Erland, Fund, Goyette, Hampshire, Hazel, manufacturer, manufacturing, memorial, Miller, museum, new, New Hampshire, NH, Noone, park, Peterboro, Peterborough, state
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Peterborough New Hampshire Art Patron and Pianist: Marian Griswold (Nevins) MacDowell (1857-1956)
“I am a very ordinary woman who had an opportunity–and I seized it.”
Marian Griswold Nevins was born in 1857 … Continue reading